page_title: Stopham
section_title: Stopham Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Stopham / Stopham Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: Stopham Bridge Seven-arched bridge over the Arun, built by the Barttelots in the 14th Century. The central arch was raised in 1822 so barge traffic on the Wey-Arun Navigation could pass.
context_page_description: Stopham is a hamlet and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England, about 1.5 miles west of Pulborough on the A283 road. It is in the civil parish of Fittleworth.
  The parish has a land area of 874 acres. The 2001 Census recorded 87 people living in 39 households, of whom 40 were economically active.
context_section_description: Stopham Bridge is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Monument. Despite much speculation over the construction date of this ironstone bridge, the correct date is believed to be c.1422-3. One span of the bridge was destroyed during the Civil War and replaced by a drawbridge. The bridge's central arch was modified in 1822 and bears this date.
  The bridge carried the A283 through the village, with traffic light control being introduced in 1936. The bridge was badly damaged by Army lorries during the Second World War but has been repaired since.
  In 1986, Stopham Bridge was replaced by a new reinforced concrete bridge, located 100 feet North of the old bridge, to alleviate the large queues which built up at this point and due to increasing levels of damage to the inside of the parapet by vehicles traversing the bridge. Due to poor ground conditions, the piers of the new bridge are supported on piles that go down between 15 and 20 metres to the sandstone bedrock.
caption: Stopham Bridge on the River Arun
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